Title: Falling from the Stars
Author: Teh Fiercemeister.
Pairing(s): Kim/Jackie, Kim/Ox, Ox/Kim/Jackie...If you squint really really really hard.
Note: This is for someone who requested Ox/Kim, I couldn't find the review so I'm not sure who it is...and I tried hon, so very hard but GAH! I'm not up to date on the manga yet so I'm pretty useless. And they're so hard to write TT^TT Sorry!!
Enjoy.
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Rain fell around me but I remained dry under the bus stop. It was like I was on my own little isle, unable to see much in front of me, like staring out at the ocean. I felt as if the water never ended and nothing ever changed.
The clear plastic window of the stop was a forest of drops of water, like an aerial view of an expansive forest; the elements melding into each other and becoming one. Nature at its most base beauty, the perfection that came from the creator himself.
I thought about the very prospect of life. How all I see came to be. I thought about what it must feel like to see these raindrops up close and slowed, to really be able to see the magic the rain clouds unleashed on us mere mortals when they deemed it time.
But all I could do was listen to the constant clattering as drops of water fell to the sidewalk like scattering beads, the sound soothing as waves or cricket chirps ever were.
It reminded me-though the sounds were nothing alike- of the classrooms of Shibusen; always abuzz with noise and idle chatter. BlackStars habitual shouted claims of glory, Maka-chan hitting Soul and/or 'the great one', Kid crying over the asymmetry of it all, Kilik, Jackie and the others chatting with me and silent Ox.
The roof of the shelter began to leak; a steady dripping that made the dark wetness of the pavement beneath me feet expand. I wonder what it must feel like to fall like the rain did; to see the earth from so high and watch it grow as you approach bit by bit.
That brought me to the subject of death. Do you feel it? Those final moments...is the pain always there? Or in our time of departure does an angel touch our eyes gently, though we can't see them. Do they make our final moments peaceful? Do they give us at least that much?
For Jackie's sake I hope so.
I also wondered if a witch got such a courtesy.
But where do we go? Is there a heaven and hell? Or simply another world or the next lifetime? Who decides this?
I imagine that judgment must look like a train station or a bus stop. Something familiar to take us to our destination.
I suddenly found myself thinking of Ox and Kilik. Have they thought of us? Did they wonder what had happened? I pray that Shibusen never told them the truth about me... Poor Ox. Out of everyone it's him I pity most and him I want to keep this from.
Please god, if you're out there-
My train of thought ceased, because through the din I heard tires splashing through the puddles and saw headlights shine through the constant monotonous gray. My ride is here.
It's time to go.
Note: Why hallo thar symbolism! Anyone get it or did I fail? Hehe. Anyway...You can ignore the Ox+Kilik part if you want. It was thrown in there last minute so that if you squint really hard you can find Ox/Kim/Jackie.
So yeah... Hope you liked it!
Edit: Sorry for jumping in on Fiercy's work but we've got a poll up for the pairings regarding this, so when you have time please go vote at least for 4 options if you can! Thanks, pip!